by David Fleischacker This one will be short. One important element that young people should come to discover on their own, but through a carefully prepared environment is the higher and lower orders of being. Materials and experiences in life can open up this grand discovery. Descriptively, we get a sense of this order — […]
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Savants
by Phyllis Wallbank MBE [Phyllis Wallbank was an advance trainer for Maria Montessori. As well, Phyllis organized the last international Montessori congress at which Maria was present before Maria died. For years, Phyllis was a teacher and director of the Gatehouse school in East London. For more on Phyllis see http://www.pwetrust.org/] I watched very recently a […]
The Deepest Mystery of the Child: A fools treasure
Today is April fools and it is no foolish point that I would like to discuss. The only foolish thing is my failed attempt to bring out this next point, and given the nature of it, failure is inevitable, hence so is my foolishness. I am the April fool. Spring is coming soon. It was […]
“Following the Child”
[As a note, some blogs will be more practical and concrete. This particular one is more explanatory.] “Follow the Child” Let the nature of the child and the realization of that nature be our teacher. I recommend that you read Maria Montessori’s book The Secret of Childhood. In it, she speaks of an educational precept that […]
A note
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